Alexis MacDonald

Alexis MacDonald ran as the New Democratic Party candidate for the Central Nova riding in Nova Scotia in the 2004 federal election and again in 2006. In 2004, she more than doubled the NDP vote in the riding to slightly more than 10,000, finishing a strong second to Peter MacKay. In 2006, she again increased the NDP vote in the riding, coming within 8% of Conservative incumbent Peter MacKay and receiving 33% of the popular vote (one of the highest levels of NDP support in the country). At the September 2006 NDP Convention, Alexis was elected chair of the Participation of Women (POW) Committee.

She currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is working as the Senior Policy Advisor for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. She is also currently enrolled in the Master of Public Administration program at Dalhousie University.

On Tuesday, August 5, 2008, Alexis announced her candidacy for the NDP nomination in the federal riding of Halifax, to run in the forthcoming 40th Canadian federal election. On September 8 2008, however, she was defeated for the nomination by Megan Leslie. [http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1071106.html] The riding is currently held by former federal NDP leader Alexa McDonough, who has announced her intention to retire before the next election.